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George Goodling

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 26, 1896 in Loganville, PA
Died: October 17, 1982 in York, PA

Education:

  • Penn State University, B.S., 1921

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1918

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Bank & insurance company director
  • School director, 1933-1961

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1943-1957

Other notes:

  • Father of Bill Goodling


Election Results for George Goodling


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 63 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 9,857 39.0%
1960 63 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 88,776 53.2%
1962 65 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 82,924 56.8%
1964 67 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 25,752 77.3%
1964 67 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 2 79,809 49.2%
1966 69 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 11,707 32.8%
1966 69 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 70,445 51.7%
1968 71 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 93,352 57.7%
1970 73 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 71,497 53.9%
1972 75 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 23,816 61.4%
1972 75 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 93,536 57.5%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for George Goodling


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1961 64 House 87 13 91 9 D 28 72 100 0 87
1962 65 House 88 0 88 2 D 38 50 93 0 86
1963 66 House 80 7 84 7 D 27 65 87 0 100
1964 67 House 100 0 97 2 D 29 67 95 8 94
1967 70 House 91 4 89 4 D 43 54 97 14 100
1968 71 House 98 0 96 0 D 45 55 98 0 100
1969 72 House 87 2 78 13 R 51 40 93 0 86
1970 73 House 86 9 82 8 R 72 26 93 13 88
1971 74 House 83 6 79 10 R 70 26 90 11 100
1972 75 House 88 6 85 11 R 68 27 97 0 80
1973 76 House 96 4 94 5 R 77 23 99 0 88
1974 77 House 86 6 82 12 R 63 29 92 0* 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.